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IN RE J.T.R.

No. 105,505.

271 P.3d 1262 (2012)

47 Kan. App. 2d 91

In the Interest of J.T.R., Date of Birth: XX/XX/2000 and J.M.R., Date of Birth: XX/XX/2002.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

February 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Batt , of Haysville, for appellant natural mother.

Lesley A. Isherwood , assistant district attorney, Nola Tedesco Foulston , district attorney, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, for appellee.

Before GREENE, C.J., HILL, J., and MICHAEL E. WARD, District Judge, assigned.

HILL, J.

In this appeal we focus on how a court can use its contempt powers to enforce its orders. The mother of two minors failed to obey a no-contact court order by visiting her children who were the subjects of child in need of care petitions. As a result, the State accused her of indirect civil contempt of court. Civil contempt proceedings are remedial in nature, seeking the party's compliance with the court's orders. Here, the district court found her to be in...

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